Fishing Vessel Wrecks 1900-2000

Noel Wreck

WOODEN HULL. OIL ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE FOR FISHING GROUNDS. CAPTURED BY SUBMARINE AND SUNK BY GUNFIRE. (LLWW1 & SIBI).

Noel (Possibly) Wreck

WOODEN HULL, OIL ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. CAPTURED BY GERMAN SUBMARINE UC 64 AND SUNK BY GUNFIRE.

Noordeveld Wreck

No description

Noordzee Wreck

REPORTED AS HAVING STRUCK HEAVY OBJECT AND BADLY HOLED. LATER SANK.

Norbjorn Wreck

SPRANG LEAK & SANK APPROX 120M NE OF VARDO, NORWAY. (LL).

Norden Wreck

See Also: 69151

Nordfolk Wreck

SPRANG A LEAK AND SANK DURING FISH LOADING IN CAPELIN FISHING GROUNDS, N OF HAMMERFEST. CREW OF 4 RESCUED. (LL).

Nordheim (Possibly) Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH FV MORAY GEM.

Nordland Wreck

No description

Nordland (Possibly) Wreck

SANK UNDER TOW.

Nordlys Ii Wreck

REPORTEDLY CAPSIZED AND SANK OFF MEHAMN. CREW SAVED. (LL).

Nordorn Wreck

25.12.84 REPORTED SHIFTING CARGO. NO FURTHER CONTACT MADE. WKGE & BODY RECOVERED DURING SEARCH. 3 MEN MISSING. (LL, 25.12.84).

Nordpilen Wreck

No description

Nordvest Wreck

No description

Norholmen Wreck

GROUNDED ON KIRK ROCKS, BUT STORM DROVE HER ASHORE LATER.

Normandie Wreck

TOOK HEAVY LIST AFTER MAKING WATER WITH ENGINE TROUBLE. LATER SANK. CREW RECOVERED BY BELGIUM TUG ZEETIGER. (LL).

Norseman Wreck

19.6.78 RAN AGROUND ON A ROCK PINNACLE IN SWANSON BAY, 90M S OF PRINCE RUPERT, ON 19.6.78. FLOATED OFF ON RISING TIDE THE FOLLOWING DAY & SANK. (LL)...

Norsemans Bride Wreck

VESSEL, WOODEN HULL, OIL ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. WENT ASHORE AND WAS ABANDONED. ALL CREW SAFE. (LLOYDS VOL.219, SIBI).

North Roamer Wreck

SANK OFF JAP POINT WHILE ON PASSAGE FOR KINCOLITH. (LL).

North Star Wreck

SUNK BY SCUTTLING CHARGES.

Northern L. Wreck

CAUGHT FIRE WHILE ON PASSAGE SINGAPORE FOR CEBU. ABANDONED BY CREW AND SANK.

Northern Light Wreck

No description

Northern Star Wreck

OIL ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE HAYLE FOR MILFORD HAVEN. SANK FOLLOWING FIRE. CREW OF 2 RECOVERED. (LL).

Northern Venture Wreck

No description

Northern Venture Wreck

SPRANG LEAK AFTER HEAVY TIMBER PICKED UP IN FISHING GEAR STOVE IN HULL PLANKING. COASTGUARD PUMPS PUT ABOARD BUT ABANDONED BY CREW WHEN PUMPS PROVED I...

Notre Dame De Lourdes Wreck

SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE IN ENGLISH CHANNEL. (WWISL).

Notre Dame De Sauvagnat Wreck

WOODEN HULL

Notre Dame Du Sacre Coeur Wreck

PASSAGE LIVERPOOL FOR PENZANCE. DEVELOPED ENGINE TROUBLE. CREW TAKEN OFF BY LIFEBOAT & HELICOPTER 4M E OF TUSKAR ROCK. LAST SEEN DRIFTING AND SINKING...

Nuestro Itxarupena Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING FIRE.

Nuestro Sol Wreck

REPORTED TO BE SINKING. WAS ABANDONED BY CREW AND LATER SANK.

Nuevo Bogador Wreck

VESSEL, SANK AFTER COLLISION WITH MV 'BUYUK RESIT PASA' (3,655 GRT). ALL SIX CREW MEMBERS RECOVERED. (LLOYDS VOL.300).

Nuevo Mari Luz Ludivina Wreck

BUILT OF WOOD. ABANDONED WHEN IT CAUGHT FIRE & SANK 9M OFF C CORRUBEDO, NW SPAIN. (LL).

Nuevo Marivi Wreck

SUFFERED FIRE AND LATER SANK. CREW OF 9 RESCUED BY 'ORCA CHIEF'.

Nuova Maria Madre Wreck

VESSEL, SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH RUSSIAN OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH VESSEL 'BEREZEN'. FOUR CREW RESCUED. (LLOYDS VOL.212).

Nuova Sant'angelo Wreck

VESSEL CAPSIZED IN HEAVY SEAS WHILE RETURNING TO PORT & SANK OFF SCIAVANEA, GULF OF TARRANTO. (LL 219).

Ny-Eeasteyr Wreck

EX-HOLSTEIN. BUILT OF WOOD IN 1970 IN GERMANY. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MANCO LTD, RAMSAY, IOM. OIL ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE YARMOUTH FOR RAMSAY....

Obdulia Y Jose Maria Wreck

VESSEL, OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY JOSE SATURNINO PRENDES GONZALEZ OF VIGO. SANK 2M OFF HERCULES LTHO WHILST UNDER TOW OF FV 'VOLTOYA' AFTER BEING STRUC...

Ocean Charter Wreck

SANK DUE TO HEAVY WEATHER. CREW OF NINE PICKED UP BY PASSING VESSEL. ONE MISSING.

Ocean Dawn Wreck

UPRIGHT, COLLAPSING

Ocean Drift (Possibly) Wreck

No description

Ocean Gain Wreck

REPORTED HOLD FLOODED. PORTABLE PUMP SUPPLIED BUT COULD NOT COPE. EVENTUALLY CAPSIZED AND SANK.

Ocean Gleaner Wreck

STEEL HULL, OIL ENGINE. SANK BELOW CASTLE AT DUNBAR, FIRTH OF FORTH. ALL CREW SAFE.

Ocean Herald Ii Wreck

RAN AGROUND IN HEAVY SURF AND SWELL AT SCOTSTOWN HEAD.

Ocean Hunter Wreck

3.6.82 REPD TAKING IN WATER. LATER SANK WHILE IN TOW OF FISHERY PATROL VESSEL WESTRA. CREW RECOVERED BY MFV MARELANN. (LL, 3.6.82).

Ocean Maid Wreck

PRESUMED TO HAVE FOUNDERED IN BAD WEATHER.

Ocean Monarch Wreck

DISAPPEARED IN PERIOD OF GALE FORCE WINDS.

Ocean Pride Wreck

SANK ON APPROACHING BEACH OFF SIZEWELL. CREW RECOVERED BY ALDEBURGH LIFEBOAT. VESSEL NOW A TOTAL WK AT SIZEWELL. (LL).

Ocean Queen Wreck

No description

Ocean Racer Wreck

BUILT OF WOOD IN 1890. REGISTERED IN KIRKWALL, OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY SAMUEL JONES, WILLIAM SWANNY & JOHN THOMSON. SANK, FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH...

Ocean Reward Wreck

19.2.79 SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH MFV PAUL ANTHONY [SEE 415] ABOUT 45M OFF NOUP HEAD. ALL CREW RESCUED BY MT MOUNT ROYAL. (LL, 19.2.79).

Ocean Triumph Wreck

BEGAN TAKING IN WATER IN 560800N, 012800E, APPROX. PUMPS SUPPLIED BY RESCUE SERVICES COULD NOT STEM INGRESS. WAS ABANDONED BY CREW AND TAKEN IN TOW BY...

Ocean Venture Wreck

REPORTED MAKING WATER VERY FAST ABOUT 30MILES E OF FARNE ISLANDS. SANK WHILE MFV TRAVELLER ALONGSIDE. ALL CREW SAFE.

Oceana Point Wreck

LOST ON THE FIRST NIGHT OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN FISHING SEASON IN HEAVY WEATHER WITH AN UNUSUALLY LARGE CATCH. ALL CREW WERE SAFELY RESCUED. OWNED AT TIM...

Oceanis I Wreck

BUILT IN 1973. STRUCK ROCKS AND SANK OFF BANANA ISLANDS, SIERRA LEONE. SETTLED AS A TOTAL LOSS. (LL).

Oddstein Wreck

25.7.72 SANK ABOUT 35 MILES W OF UTSIRA, AFTER SPRINGING A LEAK IN ENGINE ROOM. CREW OF 5 RESCUED. (LL, 25.7.72).

Odin I Wreck

28.4.87 VESSEL, SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH JAPANESE M VEHICLE CARRIER 'CANADIAN HIGHWAY'. (LL, 28.4.87).

Oh Yang No.57 Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH MV KAMELO. ALL CREW RESCUED. (LL).

Oileann Cleire Wreck

SANK AFTER BEING STRUCK BY M STERN TRAWLER 'ROHELLAN'. CREW OF FIVE RECOVERED.

Olavson Wreck

SANK UNDER TOW, 15M S OF LINDESNAES, AFTER TAKING IN WATER WHILST ON PASSAGE FOR MANDAL. CREW OF 3 RESCUED. (LL).

Olga Wreck

No description

Olimpia Madre Wreck

VESSEL SANK AT MOLFETTA, NEAR BARI, ITALY, DURING CYCLONE-TYPE STORM. FIVE CREW SAFE. (LLOYDS VOL.219).

Olive Leaf Wreck

STRANDED ON PROUDFOOT ROCKS, NORTH HEAD, WICK. LATER TOWED OFF & SANK. (LLOYDS VOL.215)

Olsen Wreck

FOUNDERED

Olympia Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING FIRE. CREW RESCUED. (LL).

Olympic Wreck

SANK AFTER EXPLOSION IN ENGINE ROOM. CREW RESCUED 3 DAYS LATER HAVING DRIFTED IN LIFERAFT SOME 70M E. (LL).

Olympico Wreck

STRANDED AND BURNED OUT.

Onedin Wreck

SANK IN A GALE. FIVE MEN RECOVERED. (LL).

Ongling Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH MALAYSIAN MV AUBY, 17M E OF TANJONG PO. (LL).

Onward Fisher Wreck

PASSAGE WIGTOWN BAY FOR BRIGHOUSE BAY. STRUCK HALF-TIDE ROCK, BRIGHOUSE BAY, AND SANK. CREW RECOVERED. (LL).

Optimistic Wreck

ENGINE CUT OUT WHEN FISHING IN SOUTHERN PART OF DEVIL'S HOLE. CAPSIZED RAPIDLY AND SANK.

Ora Et Labora (Probably) Wreck

SANK APPROX 1.75M WSW OF MUNITION DUMPING BUOY, SCHEVENINGEN. CREW SAVED. (LLOYDS LIST)

Orca Wreck

REPD TAKING WATER AND SINKING FAST 7 TO 8 MILES E OF HOLY IS.

Orca Wreck

CAPSIZED AND SANK. CREW LOST. (LL).

Orchidee Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH FRENCH FV AGENA. (LL).

Oriole Wreck

STRUCK A MINE & SANK N OF FAROES. (WW2SL).

Orion Wreck

22.5.82 SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH MV TINTO. SEVEN CREW RESCUED BY LIFEBOAT. (LL, 22.5.82).

Orion Wreck

SANK APPROX 2 MILES S OF OXWICH POINT.

Orphee Wreck

20.8.82 STRUCK A ROCK OFF CORBIERE, JERSEY, AND ABANDONED BY CREW. WAS ON PASSAGE GUERNSEY TO JERSEY. VESSEL COULD NOT BE FOUND BY JERSEY LIFEBOAT....

Osito No 7 Wreck

GROUNDED ON ROCKS DUE TO HEAVY WEATHER WHILE BUNKERING TO VESSEL CAMELIA, WHICH ALSO STRANDED NEARBY. (LL).

Otero Lage Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH MV ARTEMIS. (LL).

Otori Maru No 8 Wreck

OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MR K YAMADA, MUROTO CITY, KOCHI PREFECTURE. PASSAGE CAPE TOWN FOR FISHING AREA. VESSEL RAN ONTO ROCKS IN THICK FOG AND THEN S...

Otoyo Wreck

CREW OF NINE RESCUED. (LLOYDS).

Otronto Wreck

15.5.92 STRUCK THE STAGS AND SANK. (FISHING NEWS, 15.5.92 & LL, 11.5.92 [NAME GVEN AS 'OTRONTO']).

Our Brighter Dawn Wreck

GROUNDED AFTER BREAKING ADRIFT. (LL).

Our Catherine Wreck

14.1.85 VESSEL, BUILT 1964, REPD TAKING IN WATER & LATER SANK. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY JSC DAVIDSON, SHAPINSAY, ORKNEY. (LL 14.1.85 & OLSEN'S AL...

Our Golden Promise Wreck

No description

Our Lassie Wreck

WITH MFV ACORN WENT TO THE ASSISTANCE OF MFV DON BOSCO WHICH HAD TAKEN WATER OVER STERN WHEN TRAWLING. THE TWO ASSISTING VESSELS COLLIDED AND EVENTUAL...

Our Lorraine Wreck

BROKE DOWN AND MADE WATER 12 MILES OFF FLAMBOROUGH HEAD. ALL CREW TAKEN OFF. TAKEN IN TOW BUT SANK 10 MILES EAST BY SOUTH FLAMBOROUGH HEAD.

Our Merit (Possibly) Wreck

TWO CONTACTS LYING ALONG 055/235 DEGS

Oyang No.701 Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH M TUG HYUNDAI T NO.1003 WHICH WAS TOWING BARGE HYUNDAI B NO.1006. CREW OF 9 REPORTED MISSING. (LLOYDS VOL.275).

Pablo I Wreck

No description

Padre Cruz Wreck

SANK 4M OFF ESPOSENDE. (LLOYDS, AUG 1965).

Paganina Wreck

OIL ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE PADSTOW FOR FISHING AND RETURN. SANK DURING A STORM. CREW OF 3 LOST. (SIBI).

Palm Wreck

ONE OF 6 BRITISH SMACKS CAPTURED & SUNK BY SUBMARINE. CREW FORCED TO ABANDON SHIP. (WW1SL & SIBI).

Palmyra Wreck

8.12.81 CAUGHT IN HEAVY SEAS AND NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS. WATER IN ENGINE ROOM. CREW OF 8 RECOVERED. (LL, 8.12.81).

Palmyra (Possibly) Wreck

CAUGHT IN HEAVY SEAS AND NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS. TOO WATER IN THE ENGINE ROOM AND SANK. CREW OF 8 RECOVERED. (LL).

Pandalus Wreck

SANK AFTER ENCOUNTERING ICE.

Papy Wreck

BUILT OF WOOD. SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH JAPANESE M TANKER 'FUYOH MARU'. (LL).

Paragon Wreck

CAPTURED BY GERMAN SUBMARINE, TOGETHER WITH BIJOU AND SUCCESS. SCUTTLED USING EXPLOSIVES.

Paragon Wreck

SANK WHILE AT ANCHOR AND UNATTENDED IN LOCH BROOM, NEAR ULLAPOOL.